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El Camino Real Defends Its Safeguarding System

Bishop Lucinda Ashby: “I want to assure you of my ongoing commitment to having all our communities be places of safety and security.”

Connecting (Episcopal) Church and State

The Office of Government Relations has developed a toolkit for civic engagement.

Mississippi’s New Bishop Aims to Build Community

“I want to look around us and see how our loving God would respond,” she said. “I want us to become the heart and hand of God on Earth, and make God’s love very visible.”

Church Raises Millions to Feed the Hungry in Upstate N.Y.

The congregation turned down a large grant after the state insisted on separation of church and food.

Scott Bader-Saye Takes the Helm at Seminary of the Southwest

Maintaining a commitment to residential clergy formation, with online options through the Iona Collaborative

Community of St. John Baptist Marks 150 Years in U.S.

The sesquicentennial culminated in a Commemoration Day on June 15 with retired Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori as celebrant and preacher.

Bishop-Elect Celebrates ‘Belonging to a Body of Love’

The Rev. Julia Whitworth, Bishop-elect of Massachusetts, is eager to address the challenges of leading a large diocese based in the city of Boston.

Former Navajoland Bishop Dies at 84

Bishop Bailey helped guide Navajoland through a time of self-determination that led to its becoming a missionary diocese this year.

Honoring the Philadelphia 11 After 50 Years

Until 1974 there were no female priests in the Episcopal Church. Half a century later, the church has elected 53 female bishops.

Is There Room in the Church for Polyamorous Priests?

Three former priests spoke online about the consequences they faced for their nonconforming family structures.

HBCU Retains Accreditation, But Financial Woes Continue

Saint Augustine's owes nearly $10 million to the IRS

Sean Rowe: ‘I See Significant Changes’

The Presiding Bishop-Elect brings a deep reservoir of Episcopal experience to his coming role.

Covenant Hires Calvin Lane as 3rd Editor

“I think that Covenant has got a major foothold in the Anglican world, and I do mean beyond the Episcopal Church, and we need to continue to grow that. But at the same time, I want to hear more ecumenical voices.”

Bishops Respond to Former President’s Shooting

Episcopal Church leaders responded to news of a bullet grazing former President Donald Trump's ear at a Pennsylvania campaign rally July 13 with calls to prayer and calming words for a troubled nation.

General Convention COVID Cases Exceed 100

At least a dozen bishops are among the infected.

Closing General Convention in a Rush

The pressures of time led to a number of widely supported compromises: new liturgical canons that secured protections for conservatives alongside prayer book revisions desired by progressives, and a concession to the bishops’ insistence that the State of Israel is not an “apartheid” regime.

General Convention in Photos, Bonus Gallery

Bishops Against Gun Violence is commemorating its tenth year.

PB-Elect Chooses a Simpler Installation

The Rt. Rev. Sean Rowe will be installed as the 28th Presiding Bishop in a “smaller, simpler” ceremony in the Episcopal Church Center's Chapel of Christ the Lord.

General Convention in Photos, June 28

A final gallery of photographs by Asher Imtiaz

Bishop Rowe’s Remarks to Deputies

“Our ministry together in the next nine years comes at a critical time for the Episcopal Church. It is not too strong to say that we’re facing an existential crisis.”

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